America's first wax museum opened in 1948.

One of the oldest, tallest, and most haunted lighthouses in America.

This popular park is home to a sea serpent sculpture that now overshadows the twisted history of its creation.

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.

This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.

The remains of this hell for leather wild west town can still be found in the Arizona desert.

The second-tallest water tower shaped like a peach in the American South.

Dothan, Alabama has been invaded by scores of anthropomorphic peanuts.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.

More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.

A devilishly named gorge that was a sign of salvation for many pioneers.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.